it was already taken to court... the judge basically said cooper's case (the challenger) had merit, but it should have been brought up before the election.
i live three blocks from where langford was renting. it was an open secret that he didn't actually live there, but was using it to get elected. he lied when he filled out his voter registration saying it was his main residence, when every other piece of evidence showed he still lives in fairfield.
i highly recommend reading this article...
an article on larry langford's past by our local alt weekly political writer
langford bankrupted his last city he was mayor of... he wasn't even truly a resident of birmingham when he was running for mayor. he has two investigations looking into his previous actions right now...
if i were olpc, i wouldn't have anything to do with this man. he has big visions and not much follow through, other than bankrupting whatever he touches. i hope this won't be an egg in their face when it fails.
i would specifically read about his previous political computer endeavours with "computer help for kids." it's a company he was running with richard scrushy (his wiki entry), the man in jail now for bribing our democratic governor and bankrupting healthsouth. there's some good info on it in that first article... it's why he's being investigated.
and alabama isn't as bad as ya'll make it out to be... at least not the metropolitan areas. it is considered third world once you get down in the black belt in the western side of the state.
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it was already taken to court... the judge basically said cooper's case (the challenger) had merit, but it should have been brought up before the election.
as far as fairfield goes, i encourage you to read this article on langford
i live three blocks from where langford was renting. it was an open secret that he didn't actually live there, but was using it to get elected. he lied when he filled out his voter registration saying it was his main residence, when every other piece of evidence showed he still lives in fairfield.
i highly recommend reading this article... an article on larry langford's past by our local alt weekly political writer langford bankrupted his last city he was mayor of... he wasn't even truly a resident of birmingham when he was running for mayor. he has two investigations looking into his previous actions right now... if i were olpc, i wouldn't have anything to do with this man. he has big visions and not much follow through, other than bankrupting whatever he touches. i hope this won't be an egg in their face when it fails. i would specifically read about his previous political computer endeavours with "computer help for kids." it's a company he was running with richard scrushy (his wiki entry), the man in jail now for bribing our democratic governor and bankrupting healthsouth. there's some good info on it in that first article... it's why he's being investigated. and alabama isn't as bad as ya'll make it out to be... at least not the metropolitan areas. it is considered third world once you get down in the black belt in the western side of the state.